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GKToday’s Target 2018: Integrated IAS General Studies course is a one year programme begins in October, 2017 and would complete on September 30, 2018. This course comprises the following tests and study material as supplement to preparation of UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Mains Examination, 2018.

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GKToday’s Target 2018: Integrated IAS General Studies course is a one year programme beginning from October 15, 2017 and completing on September 30, 2018. This course comprises the following tests and study material as supplement to preparation of UPSC Civil Services Prelims and Mains Examination, 2018.

21 Fortnightly Current Affairs Documents from October 2017 to October 2018

Value Addition Material as Supplement for General Studies Preparation

The detail about each of the components of this programme is given below:

General Studies Preliminary Examination

Target 2018 Programme provides support for GS Prelims Paper-1. In this paper, UPSC asks 100 questions as UPSC Prelims Syllabus. Target 2018 Programme has three components for Prelims as follows:

General Studies Material for UPSC Prelims

This part comprises of around 75 short E-Books covering basic study material for UPSC Prelims. To read /download these E-Books, please click on the below categories, open the desired e-book and click on the blue download button below each module to download as PDF.

Note: Kindly note that above documents are dynamic and we keep making minor changes in the contents as per changing facts especially in Economy part. So we suggest you to take economy part in the last.

GKToday’s Target programmes are running since 2011. Since Target 2011 till 2017, we had meticulously framed a large number of Multiple Choice Questions for UPSC Prelims examinations. Instead of using the same questions again and again for yearly programmes, we have arranged them systematically in such a way that you are able to practice these questions for multiple times and master the art of tackling complex MCQs.

We suggest you to take these practice questions seriously because many of these questions have repeatedly asked by UPSC in real examination. If you can answer/ explain most questions without referring to other sources, clearing Prelims should be comparatively easy for you.

10 Full Length Mock Tests for Civil Services Preliminary Examination

In Target 2018, we shall not be repeating our old questions and instead, would frame 1000 new questions for 10 full length mock tests as per the below tentative schedule. Each test will be having 100 questions of which around 65 questions will be on Current / Dynamic Topics.

General Studies Mains Examination – Test Series

The Target 2018 comprises of 24 Mains General Studies Mock Tests Papers along with evaluation service and model / hint answers. Each of the tests are provided as PDF document, which you need to print at your end, write answers and submit back to us for evaluation before publishing the next test. The evaluated and scanned answer sheet and model /hint answers are shared back electronically. Time taken to evaluate is 7-10 days.

Out of the 24 mock tests, 9 tests of paper 1, 2, 3 are section wise and rest 15 tests are full length based on entire syllabus of your Mains paper.

The gap between two papers is around 13-14 days. The answers will be published on the last date to submit answer sheets.

The archive of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Mock test Series are available at this link. Kindly note that most questions would be based on current topics wherever applicable and we shall not repeat questions from our old test series.

* All dates are tentative and subject to adjustment as we go with time.

General Studies Mains Examination – Study Material

The support material provided by GKToday during Target 2018 includes 21 Current General Studies (CGS) documents from October 2017 to October 2018. Current Affairs Documents provided in previous programmes are accessible in archives.

21 Fortnightly Current Affairs Documents from October 2017 to October 2018

In Target 2018 programme, we shall be providing around 21 Fortnightly Current General Studies Documents beginning from October, 2017 to October, 2018. Each document is a 100-120 pages document in a predefined structure as follows:

Around 15 Issues covered in detailed articles and short notes.

Around 60 Mains GS Questions along with their answers. These questions we publish on daily basis and their answers are added by our team. Members and other readers can also add answers but our document comprises only one answer, generally added by GKToday Team.

15 days News Summary / Short Notes from GKToday/ Current Affairs Today and other sources.

All dates and numbers of documents are tentative and subject to adjustments.

Study/ Value Addition Material for General Studies Mains

Important Note on GKToday’s Content Policy for 2018-19

GKToday is a pioneer in providing free and paid study material for civil services examinations and we have been working for last eight years consistently to create a sufficiently large database of relevant material. Most of this information is publically accessible either via links on gktoday and its sub-domains or via search through Google or other search engines. Right now, most of the content is accessible to read / download for members of Target Programme. In next one year, we shall be making almost all content of this website freely accessible to everyone, while keeping a small cost for downloads. Keeping this in view, kindly note that all the content provided here is complimentary and Target 2018 cost paid by you is for components mentioned above (Prelims Tests, Mains Tests, Evaluation Service and Current Affairs}. **

In Civil Services Mains Examination, UPSC asks around 20 analytical questions to be answered in three hours in GS-1, GS-2 and GS-3. In GS-4, there are 14 or 15 questions on Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude of which around 5 or 6 are case studies. These papers are highly dynamic and most questions are linked to current issues and events.

Our total activities about civil services examination are divided into three parts viz. GKT Modules, Questions & Answers; and Current Affairs. In the coming months, we shall be further reorganizing the content into two categories viz. Reference Documents and Questions & Answers. Further, most topics on static also would be covered in CGS documents so we are not giving any specific schedule for static documents this year. However, the links to the existing study material and a rough idea on what we shall be doing in next year, is given below.

General Studies Paper-1

The 20 questions in this paper are broadly based on five different sections viz. Indian Culture & Heritage; Modern Indian History; Modern World History; World Physical Geography and Indian Society & Social Issues.

Indian Culture, Heritage and Art Forms

Syllabus: Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

In Target 2014, 15, 16 and 17, we had created systematic support material on this part of your syllabus along with Indian Culture for Prelims. The same study material serves the purpose of covering Indian culture for prelims as well as mains. The links to access these documents are as follows:

Modern Indian History

Syllabus

Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present- significant events, personalities, issues; The Freedom Struggle – its various stages and important contributors /contributions from different parts of the country; Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country.

Suggested Books for Modern Indian History & Freedom Struggle

Modern World History

Syllabus: History of the world will include events from 18th century such as industrial revolution, world wars, redrawal of national boundaries, colonization, decolonization, political philosophies like communism, capitalism, socialism etc.- their forms and effect on the society.

The GKToday content for Modern World History comprises of eight modules of which six modules deal with the subject in very basic way while two documents are answers of the chapter wise questions in World History by Norman Lowe book. As of now, we have no plans to create new World History Documents. The available material is linked here:

Suggested Reading for World History

Most of you must be having Mastering Modern World History by Norman Lowe. That is a good book to understand the key events. You may also want to read Chapter 22 to 36 (modern world history part) of World History by ClassZone {Read Here}

Indian Society & Social Issues

Syllabus

Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India; Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues, urbanization, their problems and their remedies; Effects of globalization on Indian society; Social empowerment, communalism, regionalism & secularism.

The questions in Indian Society and Social Issues are generally on current affairs. The GKToday content is available at below links, covering basic issues and features of Indian Society.

In Target 2018, we shall be working on a Knowledgebase covering key topics of Indian Society and Social Issues. New reference articles would be part of CGS-2018 documents.

World Physical Geography

Syllabus: Salient features of world’s physical geography; Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian subcontinent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India); Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location- changes in critical geographical features (including water bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.

So far, our coverage for GS Mains for Geography part has been very low and we are working to create new material in Target 2018 in the form of reference knowledge base or Q+A documents. The existing study material is available at below links:

Suggested Books for Geography for GS Mains

For holistic coverage of GS Mains Geography part for paper-1, we suggest Geography by Surender Singh, published by TMH. GKToday’s upcoming documents on World Geography will be based on chapters of the above book. As of now, we have no schedule of these documents.

General Studies Paper-II

The 20 questions in this paper are broadly based on four different sections viz. Indian Constitution & Polity; Social Justice; Governance and International Relations. The existing material is located at below links:

GS-II: Social Justice

Governance

GS-II: International Relations

Most of the topics are covered in fundamentals but this is a very dynamic paper, so our focus will be on CGS documents towards this paper. In Target 2018, we shall be reorganizing this content in the form of articles and questions.

General Studies Paper-III

The 20 questions in this paper are broadly based on four different sections viz. Indian Economy & Development; Sci-Tech, Environment & Disaster Management and Internal & External Security. This is the most dynamic of all the General Studies Papers. The existing material in GKToday is linked here:

Sci-Tech, Environment & Disaster Mgmt.

Internal & External Security

In Target 2018, we shall be revising the economy content changing data wherever needed but no substantial changes will be done. This is a very dynamic paper, so our focus will be on CGS documents towards this paper also. In Target 2018, we shall also be reorganizing this content in the form of articles and questions.

General Studies Paper-IV

Ethics, Integrity & Aptitude

In Target 2018 programme, we shall be mostly covering this paper in questions & answers; and in Mock Tests. We shall also be revising our existing documents and will enhance their content.

Membership & Cost

Membership to this programme is available till Prelims (June-2018) and Mains (October 2018). Regarding membership, kindly note the following:

There is no discrimination between prelims and mains students as far as access to available study material and tests is concerned. Everything including study material, tests including mains tests etc. are available to everyone until validity of their membership.

Evaluation of mains mock test answer sheets is not included if you opt for prelims. Once date of a Mains Mock test has passed, we shall not be able to evaluate even if you later upgrade to Mains.

Your membership expiry date reflects in your profile. If you have been a member of earlier programmes, site will recognize you and register you at a lower cost. Kindly use your old user id for availing discount.

Terms & Conditions

This programme is open for individual students and aspirants only.

This programme is a supplement to your preparation and may not be a sole source of your preparation for any particular examination.

The payment made by you is for a service to be received by you for your personal benefit. This contract is for a service that is to be provided to you in future, for a long term and on regular basis.

The entire schedule is tentative.

The author reserves the copyright and also right to publish content on for public access.

Language of the documents is only English.

This programme does not provide you any guarantee regarding your success in any examination.

Any dispute arising shall be subject to Kotputli (Jaipur) Court only.

The terms & conditions are subject to change at any point of time.

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